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BP shares have jumped after the oil giant agreed to pay $18.7bn worth of federal and state claims, to be spread over 18 years, for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Neptune's Felix Wintle has described 2014 as a "frustrating" year for performance but has prospered again this year in part due to a zero weighting in "bond proxy" utilities.

The Fidelity Solutions team give their views on whether economic growth can accelerate throughout the rest of the year, and what the impact would be on their multi-asset portfolios.

The FTSE 100 has reversed gains made earlier this week after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) walked out of bailout talks with Greece.

The prices of core commodities, including oil and iron ore, have plunged in recent years. Michael Hulme, commodity equities fund manager at Carmignac Gestion, analyses the areas still able to offer value as industries consolidate and respond to price...

Jamie Carter, manager of the SWMC Small Cap European fund, says the shipping sector, and more specifically the oil tanker market, has become a surprise success story of fluctuating oil prices in recent years

GAM's European equities manager Niall Gallagher has predicted European equities could double in the near term as the region is supported by a number of tailwinds.

Can Mexico be given a clean bill of health?

UK CPI inflation has turned negative for the first time on record, as the recent slump in the oil price continues to put deflationary pressures on the UK economy.

Three-year return drivers